New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-10-05
TUESDAY, Oct. 4--P. NJ.

TUESDAY, Oct. 4--P NJ
To-day's Washington Treasury statslnent shows
changes from yesterday follows: Gold balance In
crease Si03 1885, silver balance decrease, ss24o53;
lesaender balance decrease, s4i95s net reduction In
legal money in the Treasury, $76267s-
The earnings for the fourth September Of the
Chicago Milwaukee and st. Paul Railway were reported
to-day Instead OF decrease OF 100000 to 100000
rs they Yesterday were reported to be- the decrease from
the week of 1856 only s40sSs and the increase over
the week OF 1885 is $4,000 For september the earn
ings wero $I94971 less than in 1856 $4,000
more than in 1895. The mileage OF this year
1874 greater than In 1885, While September, 1885, was
q phenomenal month in the earnings OF the company
the reasca for the falling off this is well understood
by all intelligent persons. The movement OF wheat Is
three weeks late because OF excessive rains having
postpon ned the dressings. The tonnage Is
there and 1t has got to come forward ise
the exceptional decrease in the earnings OF the St Pa
Company is paraded reflection OF the business OF
ALI railroads and of the country To-day Chicago filled
the Street dispatches Of demoralzations on all the
Western routes. Operators who are "short Oh inc
stock market free with the wall street agencies
in the substituting predictions for the facts that
are. And it has to such pass mat
NO language less forcibe than that which sometimes
was used BY Horace Greeley can properly tell the true
situation. Diplomatic expressions that certain state
ents are false fail attract attention when lies are al
. prcmiuL.
rodaystock market was quiet when compared with
shares, against $4,000 shares. But In spite Oh
desperate fight the part OF the "bears the tone
was rm from start finish Take st. Paul. Tor Instance
73S00 shares recorded as being sold between 1912
the opening figure 76ia the highest and 7os the CLOS
iur figure. No one who knows anything about stock
speouaons supposes that there was any such amount
Of actual business within range OF per cent Id
stock which yesterday defined 19 per cent III the las
half hour Of business. On the other hand western
Union with sales only 800 0hares rose per cent
to 7sk and closed with natural reaction OF per cent
to 77ia Concerning the Western Union-Batimore ana
Ohio DEAL there were combinations OF the
ports beyond the action Of the stock and the
utter ignorance Of officials WHO knew all about
it. The stock has been steadily bought and
whenever an enthusiastic outsider has attempted 10
bid the price up he has found himself sat down npon
by reaction OF per cent this not only was true
today but IL has been week. and yet the price
tonight is per higher than the highest OF week
ago to-day the last fifteen minutes OF business the
bears again possession OF prices and made them 10
suit themselves we'll they could but the Market
shows some gains on last night The loan market re-
fleets an increasing short interest," that no longer Is ha
den by the Offices Lake Shore and ST. Paul
loaned per cent and nearly everything on the isl
was in demand less than the rate for money. Inc
market despite the late decline closed strong
Government bonds were negectedand steady at quo
tations as follows: